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Everyone has a choice. Choose Android. If you think iPhone is the wrong choice, don't choose it. Is Android really so terrible that you're having difficulty de
by simondotau 3y ago
Everyone has a choice. Choose Android. If you think iPhone is the wrong choice, don't choose it.
Is Android really so terrible that you're having difficulty deciding between it and Apple's walled garden? Surely it's not THAT bad.
- wiseowise 3y agoDo I understand correctly that you suggest something without even using it?
- simondotau 3y agoAs a developer I use Android a lot. It's fine. I don't see what the big deal is.
- wiseowise 3y agoGood, switch to it for a couple of years, use multiple vendors and then let everyone know how Android is a viable alternative to iOS.
- krger 3y ago>Good, switch to it for a couple of years, use multiple vendors and then let everyone know how Android is a viable alternative to iOS. "I want Apple to be forced into making the same choices that its competitors made because those competitors' devices are, collectively, a miserable hellscape," isn't the winning argument you seem to think it is.
- wiseowise 3y agoCompletely missing point of what I said and making a straw man out of it isn’t the gotcha moment you seem to think it is.
- krger 3y ago>Completely missing point of what I said and making a straw man out of it isn’t the gotcha moment you seem to think it is. Okay, so what's the point of what you said? For reference, you said: >Good, switch to it for a couple of years, use multiple vendors and then let everyone know how Android is a viable alternative to iOS. What, then, is the point of what you said? You seem to believe that Android is not a viable alternative to iOS. What specific actions do you believe Apple should be required to take here?
- _ea1k 3y agoI've been using it for years. It has its issues, but also has its strengths. The biggest issue these days is that Apple has built a walled garden around their messaging system. I can't fault Android for that.
- fsflover 3y agoYes, Android is terrible. This is a duopoly, not a free market. Users are disadvantaged.
- inferiorhuman 3y agoIf Android is terrible take it up with Google, not Apple.
- fsflover 3y agoHow about both? And with the regulators, too.
- simondotau 3y agoAre you seriously suggesting that it's Apple's fault if Android is terrible?
- fsflover 3y agoYes, I do. There is literally no choice for people who can't afford Apple or for any reason don't like it. In this sense Android is almost a monopoly, which allows it to stay popular and terrible. This is classic duopoly.
- simondotau 3y agoIf you think Android is "almost a monopoly" then how do you figure that Apple is responsible for breaking that monopoly? Surely it's Microsoft's responsibility. Or perhaps Blackberry's. Or is it Nokia's? If Android really is a monopoly, perhaps the solution is to break up Google — not to force someone other than Google to turn their product into an Android clone.
- fsflover 3y agoIn a duopoly, it's the fault of both sides, isn't it? They both misbehave, even though in different ways. I would be happy to break up Google and also (at user's choice) remove the Apple's walled garden.